The Pitcairn Islands are a remote British island territory located in the Pacific Ocean.
The form of government on Pitcairn is a parliamentary monarchy, where the monarch is the British king, represented by the head of the territory. In practice, local governance is carried out by the Pitcairn Island Administration and the Island Council.
The islands are located in the Pacific Ocean, 5,000 km from the coast of South America and 2,000 km from New Zealand.
There is no capital on Pitcairn Island because the island is not an independent state. The main settlement and administrative center is the city of Adamstown.
The climate is subequatorial, with warm and humid summers and cool and windy winters. Temperatures range from 20°C to 30°C in the summer months and from 17°C to 23°C in the winter months.
As of 2021, the only inhabited island of Pitcairn is home to 50 people.
The official language is English.
Pitcairn Island is famous for being one of the most remote inhabited places on the planet, and also the place where survivors of the massive mutinous revolution on the British ship HMS Bounty took refuge in 1789.
The standard of living in Pitcairn Island is low as there are few opportunities for economic development on the island. The main source of income for the population is tourism and the sale of souvenirs.
